Bruce Springsteen – Pay Me My Money Down (Guitar)

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This is a great song to play either by yourself, or in a group, just for fun. I love this for all my dad's old friends using a Harmonica [Key of G] for the solos. It's perfect just having fun and sitting on the back porch enjoying a sunset or around a campfire. The key change to Bb [B Flat Major] is obviously entirely optional; sounds great either Keep in mind, this is a very old song and this is just Bruce Springsteen's rendition of changed the words around, so you can too. Just have fun with it. [Verse 1]
 G
Well, I thought I heard the captain say,

             D
Tomorrow is my sailing day,
[tab]            G
pay me my money down."
[Chorus] Oh, pay me. Pay me.
            D
Pay me my money down.
Pay me or go to jail.
            G
Pay me my money down.

G
Soon as that boat was clear of the bar,

            D
pay me my money down,
well, he knocked me down with the end of a spar
            G
Pay me my money down.
[Chorus] [Solo/Instrumental]
G
Well if I'd been a rich mans son,

            D
Pay me my money down.
I'd sit on the river and watch it run,
            G
Pay me my money down.
[Chorus] [Solo/Instrumental] [Key Change to Bb]
Bb
Well, wish I was Mr. Gates,

            F
pay me my money down.
Haul my money in egg crates.
            Bb
Pay me my money down.
[Chorus in Bb] [Solo/Instrumental in Bb] [Key Returns to G]
G
Well, 40 nights,nights at sea,

            D
pay me my money down.
Captian worked every last dollar out of me.
            G
Pay me my money down.
[Chorus] Oh, pay me. Pay me.
            D
Pay me my money down.
Pay me or go to jail.
            G
Pay me my money down.

G
Soon as that boat was clear of the bar,

            D
pay me my money down,
well, he knocked me down with the end of a spar
            G
Pay me my money down.